Article Date
April 27, 2020
Good Afternoon,
The Shelter-in-Place Order continues to be effective for now. At this time, there are 183 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among Monterey County residents. There have been 30 hospitalizations, 4 fatalities and 39 recovered. Of those tested, Salinas is seeing the highest incidence of confirmed cases, with 113, followed by South County at 27 and Peninsula/Big Sur Areas at 27. North County has had 11 confirmed cases. For information about the Shelter-in-Place Order, please click here.
Natividad’s testing, hospitalization and results information is as follows:
548 Patients tested
- 427 Monterey County Health Department
- 15 MCHD pending
- 140 Independent Lab
- 0 independent pending
36 positive patients:
- 29 seen in emergency medical triage tent or ED isolation room. All were fully isolated and sent home under quarantine with care instructions.
- 6 cumulative hospitalized patients.
- 2 current.
- 1 death.